%0 Journal Article %T The Dispute over Marriage in the Catholic Church’s Attempts to Reinterpret Traditional Doctrinal Formulations in the Discussion Related to the Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops on the Family %A Składanowski, Marcin %J Studia Religiologica %V 2016 %R 10.4467/20844077SR.16.009.5230 %N Volume 49 Issue 2 %P 133-143 %K Catholicism, family, marriage, Synod of Bishops, Walter Kasper %@ 0137-2432 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/spor-o-malzenstwo-w-kosciele-katolickim-proby-reinterpretacji-tradycyjnych-sformulowan-doktrynalnych-w-dyskusji-wokol-zgromadzen-synodu-biskupow-poswieconych-rodzinie %X The article shows the main issues in the dispute over marriage within contemporary Catholicism. It also presents possibilities and limitations of the attempts at reinterpretation of traditional Catholic doctrinal formulations. These attempts, which are related to the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops in 2014 and 2015, are aimed at greater openness of the Catholic Church towards the divorced and remarried. They are also intended to maintain unity within the Catholic dogmatic, ethical and canonical tradition as a justified expression of its development. Firstly, the article presents the main issues of the ongoing dispute in the Church. Secondly, it describes the language of this dispute. Thirdly, it shows Walter Kasper’s proposals and their criticism from the point of view of the conservative wing in the Church.